"You will be heard in your turn.

Now, this Mr.Curtis was allotted room No.

605, and there is evidence to prove that he behaved like any ordinary individual who had just come from shipboard.

He superintended the unpacking of his clothes, gave out a quantity of linen for the laundry, changed into evening dress, and dined alone.

Thus far, there is ample corroboration of his own story, because his movements can be checked by the observation of half-a-dozen hotel employes.